Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Former Los Angeles Dodgers President Dennis Mannion has been hired to fill that role with the Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports & Entertainment Inc.

He replaces Alan Ostfield, who was fired June 30 amid management changes by new owners Tom Gores and his Beverly Hills-based Platinum Equity LLC.

Mannion, 52, will oversee all Pistons and Palace Sports business operations, including sales, marketing, finance and administration, the team said in a statement this morning. Joe Dumars will continue to oversee all basketball operations of the Pistons.

Palace Sports is the umbrella corporation for the Pistons, the 22,076-seat Palace of Auburn Hills and DTE Energy Music Theatre and holder of the contract to manage Meadow Brook Music Festival for Oakland University.